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The Reading / Listening - Smartphone Toilet Paper - Level 4

Tokyo's Narita Airport is serious about toilet cleanliness. There is now "toilet paper" for smartphones in its toilets. Passengers can use the special paper to clean their phones. It is the idea of the Japanese phone company NTT. It paid for the paper to be put next to the regular toilet paper in toilets at the airport. Toilet seats are usually more hygienic than smartphones. There are five times more germs on a smartphone than on a toilet seat.

Japan is a world leader in high-tech toilet technology. Japanese homes have toilets with warm seats, automated bidets, and lids that automatically rise. There is also a gadget that produces loud flushing sounds that can hide embarrassing "toilet noises". NTT made a two-minute video to teach tourists how to use the smartphone toilet paper correctly. It also shows tourists how to use Japan's toilets so they "could enjoy their travel hygienically".

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Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

serious about toilet

Passengers can use the special

clean

the Japanese phone

put next to the

toilets at

Toilet seats are usually

five times more germs

more hygienic

their phones

cleanliness

on a smartphone

paper

company NTT

regular toilet paper

the airport

Paragraph 2

Japan is a world leader in high-

Japanese homes have toilets

lids that automatically

a gadget that produces loud

hide embarrassing

a two-

use the smartphone toilet paper

It also shows tourists how

flushing sounds

rise

to use Japan's toilets

minute video

tech toilet technology

correctly

"toilet noises"

with warm seats

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Tokyo's Narita Airport is (1) ___________________ cleanliness. There is now "toilet paper" for (2) ___________________ toilets. Passengers can use the special paper to clean their phones. It (3) ___________________ Japanese phone company NTT. It paid for the paper (4) ___________________ the regular toilet paper in toilets at the airport. Toilet (5) ___________________ more hygienic than smartphones. There (6) ___________________ germs on a smartphone than on a toilet seat.

Japan (7) ___________________ in high-tech toilet technology. Japanese homes have toilets with warm seats, (8) ___________________, and lids that automatically rise. There is (9) ___________________ that produces loud flushing sounds that can (10) ___________________ "toilet noises". NTT made a two-minute video to teach tourists (11) ___________________ smartphone toilet paper correctly. It also shows tourists how to use Japan's toilets so they "could (12) ___________________ hygienically".

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.
When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

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Free writing

Write about this topic for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.